It is gratifying to look back over a year’s time at the Cockrell School of Engineering, and that reflection helps set the goals for the new year. Our “2012 Year in Review” offers a glimpse of the advances from our faculty and students over the past twelve months and plans for 2013... continue reading

Cockrell School students bring energy and water innovations to Ghana. Read more »

WIALD women build and launch electronic devices into space. Read more »
The Cockrell School receives an $18.5 million NSF grant for the Center for Nanomanufacturing Systems for Mobile Computing (NASCENT). Read more »

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab taps UT Austin as education partner. Read more »

Cockrell School faculty members receive buzz-worthy national accolades: John Goodenough · Nicholas Peppas · Brady Cox · Zheng Wang & Nanshu Lu

Chemical Engineering Dept. is named after Professor Emeritus John J. McKetta Jr. Read more »

Ravi Prakash, B.A. ASE '03, discusses his role as part of the Mars Curiosity team. Read more »

Mark Waggoner, M.S. CAEE ’99, and others help build the F1 complex. Read more »

The planned Engineering Education and Research Center builds momentum thanks to a $10 million gift from National Instruments’ James Truchard. Read more »

Top 10 Stories of 2012

In 2012, our faculty and students captured headlines and imaginations with their high-level research contributions to energy, space, security and the environment. Additionally, the school made history when it received an $18.5 million National Science Foundation grant, and signed an agreement with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Take a look back at the top news of 2012.